My chess students
Here is a list of my most successful students. I don’t want to call someone I had once in group training my own protégé. The cooperation with all listed players lasted several years or is still going on and took place in the form of individual training. The names are listed in chronological order, with the period of cooperation in parentheses.
- FM Dieter Lutz, German champion U12 (1999) Bavarian champion in 2006 (1997-2005)
- IM Julian Jorczik, multiple German Youth Champion (2007-2011)
- GM Leon Mons, German champion U16 (2006-2016)
- WGM Hanna Marie Klek, multiple German youth champion, German women’s champion (2013), vice world champion U16w in 2011 (2008 – 2022)
- WGM Jana Schneider, multiple German youth champion, vice European champion U16w (2016), German women’s champion (2017), Gold medal for the best board result (10 out of 11!) at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai (2022) (2010 and until today)
- FM Leonardo Costa, German Vice Champion U12 (1019), German Champion U14, German champion (adults) at the age of 14 (2022) cooperation from 2018 to 2023, improved from 1800 ELO to about 2400 ELO with 2 IM norms
- Magnus Ermitsch, Vice World Champion U14 (2023). Improved from Elo 2127 to 2383 (as of June 2024). Already met two IM standards. (2022 untill today)